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WD4272
- Record Id:
- 040-003287778
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000007
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143420796.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4272
- Title:
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Plan and view of the pontoon bridge over the Ganges, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
- Scope & Content:
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Plan and view of the pontoon bridge over the Ganges.
On reverse a cross section of the river showing high and low water marks.
Inscribed: ‘Section of BC. The dotted line shows the Level of the small Buttress A whence the rest were measured. The Channel of the Burna was in 1823-4 50 feet broad in 1824-5 40 ditto’.
Pen and ink and water-colour.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287772
040-003287778 - Is part of:
- PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840) : PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840) Seventh son of John Prinsep, brother of William (q.v.). Assistant Assay Master,…
WD4272 : Plan and view of the pontoon bridge over the Ganges, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287772[0006]/040-003287778
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143420796.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1823
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 1823-1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Patricia Kattenhorn, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume III, 262
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)